Biography
Kirsten Caroline Dunst (/ˈkɪərstən/; born April 30, 1982) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the anthology film New York Stories (1989) and has since starred in several film and television productions. She has received several awards, including nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four Golden Globe Awards. Dunst first gained recognition for her role as child vampire Claudia in the horror film Interview with the Vampire (1994), which earned her a Golden...
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Complete Filmography

Roofman
2025
as Leigh Wainscott
A former Army Ranger and struggling father turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname: Roofman....

Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War
2024
as Self
A six-part documentary about the making and shooting of Alex Garland's 'Civil War'.

Civil War
2024
as Lee
In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
2022
as Self (archive footage)
JB Smoove and Martin Starr host a celebration of 20 years of "Spider-Man" movies, from the Sam Raimi trilogy to Marc Webb's movies and the trio from J...

Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Get a rare glimpse into the creative process of Academy Award-winning filmmaker Jane Campion as she shares her memories of making "The Power of the Do...

The Power of the Dog
2021
as Rose Gordon
A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

The House That Jack Built
2018
Thanks
Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering...

Revisiting The Virgin Suicides
2018
as Herself
A program featuring director Sofia Coppola, actors Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett, and cinematographer Ed Lachman looking back at The Virgin Suicides...

Woodshock
2017
as Theresa
Theresa, a haunted young woman spiraling in the wake of profound loss, is torn between her fractured emotional state and the reality-altering effects ...

Woodshock
2017
Executive Producer
Theresa, a haunted young woman spiraling in the wake of profound loss, is torn between her fractured emotional state and the reality-altering effects ...

The Beguiled
2017
as Edwina
During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wound...

Hidden Figures
2016
as Vivian Mitchell
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brain...

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2016
as Self
Go behind the scenes of the second season of Fargo.

Midnight Special
2016
as Sarah Tomlin
A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.

Aspirational
2015
In this short film, Matthew Frost pulls focus to the modern cultural trend that has replaced pen-to-paper autographs. Although posing for a photo alon...

The Two Faces of January
2014
as Colette MacFarland
1962. A con artist, his wife, and a dangerous stranger are caught up in the murder of a private detective and are forced to try and escape Athens.

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013
as El Trousias Maiden of the Clouds
With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.

Mademoiselle C
2013
as Self
A documentary focused on former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief and fashion stylist Carine Roitfeld.

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Revisits President John F. Kennedy's presidential legacy through 21 of the more than 800,000 condolence letters written to Jackie Kennedy after JFK's ...

The Bling Ring
2013
as Kirsten Dunst (uncredited)
Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the Internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.

Upside Down
2012
as Eden Moore
In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his que...

On the Road
2012
as Camille / Carolyn Cassady
Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows...

Bachelorette
2012
as Regan Crawford
Three friends are asked to be bridesmaids at a wedding of a woman they used to ridicule back in high school.

Touch of Evil
2011
as The Siren
Some of 2011's stand-out film actors appear in "a video gallery of cinematic villainy" for New York Times Magazine.

Melancholia
2011
as Justine
Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. Despite Claire’s be...

Heroes and Demons
2011
Gripping thriller drama with fantastic all-star cast: Six different stories about crooks, misfits, heroes and their determination to overcome the dest...

Fight for Your Right Revisited
2011
as Metal Chick
Fight for Your Right Revisited stars Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, and Elijah Wood as the "young" Beastie Boys from the past and Jack Black, John C. Reil...

All Good Things
2010
as Katie Marks
Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murd...

The Second Bakery Attack
2010
as Nat
A newlywed couple attempts to save their marriage by recreating a petty crime.

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2010
as Self
At 89 years old, Stan Lee's name appears on more than one BILLION comics in 75 countries in 25 languages. Arguably the most recognized name in comics,...

Bastard
2010
Director, Writer, Producer
This film explores what makes the unbelievable believable. When we hear a story that seems mysterious or far-fetched, we put more trust in its accurac...

Non Plus One
2010
as Waitress
A young writer struggling to create a good story meets a cute waitress and imagination and fantasy blossom.

Akihabara Majokko Princess
2009
as Akihabara Majokko Princess
A short film from the Pop Life: Art in a Material World exhibition at London's Tate Modern museum. It stars Kirsten Dunst dancing through the streets ...

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
as Alison Olsen
Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns his fortunes around, attra...

Welcome
2007
Writer, Director
A family moves into their new home, only to discover it's haunted.

The Making of Marie Antoinette
2007
as Self
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006).

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007
as Self
An account of the professional and personal life of renowned American photographer Annie Leibovitz, from her early artistic endeavors to her internati...

Spider-Man 3
2007
as Mary Jane Watson
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers a...

Marie Antoinette
2006
as Marie Antoinette
The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19...

Elizabethtown
2005
as Claire Colburn
Drew Baylor is fired after causing his shoe company to lose hundreds of millions of dollars. To make matters worse, he's also dumped by his girlfriend...

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
2004
as Self
A comprehensive 12-part documentary on the making of "Spider-Man 2," covering everything from pre-production to premiere.

Wimbledon
2004
as Lizzie Bradbury
Britain’s Peter Colt has never quite lived up to his dreams of tennis stardom. Once ranked as high as number 11 in the world, the journeyman veteran h...

Spider-Man 2
2004
as Mary Jane Watson
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves th...

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004
as Mary
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his me...

Mona Lisa Smile
2003
as Betty Warren
Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront...

Levity
2003
as Sofia Mellinger
Manuel Jordan is a man who is free after serving 23 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery. After nearly two decades of staring at h...

It Ain't As Easy As It Looks... (...a.k.a. the Making of 'The Cat's Meow')
2002
as Self
A documentary behind the scenes of Peter Bogdanovich's 'The Cat's Meow' (2001).

The Spider-Man Story
2002
as Self
A documentary tie-in for the 2002 Spider-Man 2 film. Somewhat lost media as an incomplete version was uploaded to YouTube.

Spider-Man
2002
as Mary Jane Watson
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to b...

Spider-Mania
2002
as Self
E! Entertainment special on the making of Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man film.

Behind the Ultimate Spin: The Making of 'Spider-Man'
2002
as Self
Documentary on the making of 'Spider-Man.'

The Cat's Meow
2001
as Marion Davies
Semi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a star-studded gathering aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924.

All Forgotten
2001
as Zinaida
A younger boy falls in love with a tragic girl who flirts with, and manipulates, her older suitors in 1800s Russia.

Crazy/Beautiful
2001
as Nicole Oakley
At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from the affluent neighborhood.

Get Over It
2001
as Kelly Woods
When Berke Landers, a popular high school basketball star, gets dumped by his life-long girlfriend, Allison, he soon begins to lose it. But with the h...

The Making of The Virgin Suicides
2000
as Self
While Sofia Coppola directed her first feature, her mother, the artist and filmmaker Eleanor Coppola, was there to document the experience.

Deeply
2000
as Silly
On Ironbound Island, native Fiona McKay arrives from Europe with her teenage daughter Clair, hoping that the peace of the island will help the girl ge...

Bring It On
2000
as Torrance Shipman
The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the n...

Luckytown
2000
as Lidda
A young woman goes in search of her father, a professional gambler who abandoned her years before. Along the way, she finds herself at odds with her ...

The Virgin Suicides
2000
as Lux Lisbon
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.

Making Jumanji: The Realm of Imagination
2000
as Self / Judy Shepherd
This making-of documentary covers general aspects of the film's creation. We see movie clips, shots from the set, and interviews. The latter include r...

The Crow: Salvation
2000
as Erin Randall
Alex Corvis, a man wrongly executed for the murder of his girlfriend, returns from the dead and sets out to find the real killer.

In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire
2000
as Self
A behind-the-scenes documentary of the 1994 film, Interview with the Vampire.

Tower of Terror
1999
as Anna Petterson
A disgraced reporter investigates an abandoned luxury hotel where five people mysteriously disappeared sixty years earlier.

Dick
1999
as Betsy Jobs
Two high school girls wander off during a class trip to the White House and meet President Richard Nixon. They become the official dog walkers for Nix...

Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999
as Amber Atkins
In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follow...

The Devil's Arithmetic
1999
as Hannah Stern
An American-born Jewish adolescent, Hannah Stern, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives. However, she begins to revaluate...

True Heart
1999
as Bonnie
A brother and sister are plane-wrecked in Canada, where they must rely on the help of a native and his bear.

Strike!
1998
as Verena von Stefan
In the 1960s, a group of friends at an all girls school learn that their school is going to be combined with a nearby all boys school. They concoct a ...

The Animated Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1998
as Becky Thatcher (voice)
Join Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn on a series of exciting adventures that lead to mischief and mayhem wherever they go. No matter how hard they try...

Small Soldiers
1998
as Christy Fimple
When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.

Fifteen and Pregnant
1998
as Tina Spangler
Based on a true story, 15 year old Tina Spangler discovers she is pregnant. Her choices are abortion, adoption, or a lonely, exhausting life as a sing...

Wag the Dog
1997
as Tracy Lime
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President...

Anastasia
1997
as Young Anastasia (voice)
Ten years after she was separated from her family, an eighteen-year-old orphan with vague memories of the past sets out to Paris in hopes of reuniting...

Gun
1997
as Sondra
Follows a gun and the different hands it falls into and the different characters that use it.

Mother Night
1996
as Young Resi Noth
An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real...

The Siege at Ruby Ridge
1996
as Sara Weaver
A mini-series dramatization of the controversial 1992 attack by federal agents on the Idaho home of Randy Weaver, a white seperatist. The ten-day sieg...

Jumanji
1995
as Judy Shepherd
When siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's b...

Little Women
1994
as Younger Amy March
With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a c...

Interview with the Vampire
1994
as Claudia
A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

Greedy
1994
as Jolene
Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!

Darkness Before Dawn
1993
as Sandra Guard (age 8)
An uplifting family drama about the danger of drug addiction, DARKNESS BEFORE DAWN stars Meredith Baxter (TV's FAMILY TIES). Baxter plays Mary Ann, a ...

High Strung
1992
as Young Girl
Thane Furrows, an extremely cynical but unintentionally hilarious children's book writer, wakes up one morning, and, since pretty much everyone and ev...

The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
as Campbell McCoy
After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and ...

New York Stories
1989
as Lisa’s Daughter
Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most-talked about films in years, New York Stories feature...

The Entertainment System Is Down
N/A
Set on a long-haul flight where the entertainment systems fail, an eclectic group of international passengers are forced to face the horror of being b...
Reptilia
N/A
A dental hygienist is seduced by a mysterious mermaid into the dark and wet underworld of Florida’s exotic animal trade.